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Strengthening INDNOR University Research Collaboration around Health
Information Systems
Sundeep Sahay
Institutt for InformatikkUniversity of Oslo
Global Infrastructure Research Group, IFI
Long standing tradition of research and development in Health Information Systems
GI group in last round in selection of Centre of Excellence in Norway on the theme of Global Health Infrastructures
Focus of research on: Norwegian health care system – various
interpretive case studies In various developing countries – through HISP
action research programme since 1996 HISP India partner for GI group – since 2000
HISP – Health Information Systems Programme
HISP is a global south-south-north R&D network
Seeks to strengthen R&D around HIS
Coordinated by the GI group, IFI
Components of the R&D Network
Four key components: Research and action around design, development,
and implementation of open source software called DHIS2 (used in 25 countries and 15 states in India)
Doctoral studies (currently about 35 PhD students) Masters education in collaboration with universities
in the South – Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia
In-service capacity building in countries Action research is underlying philosophy
HISP India HISP India a key node in Global HISP
network – not for profit NGO Active since 2000 in India working at both
state and national levels in development & use of integrated HIS in India/South Asia
Supported partly through NRC/NORAD Doctoral and masters students from
Norway, India and other countries have based thesis work within HISP India
Implementing DHIS2 Academy in S Asia
HISP India: Institutional collaborations
Academic institutions: AIIMS, Sri Chitra, IIIT Kerala/Delhi, BITS Pilani, SRM, IIHMR
Government – NHSRC, NRHMs of 10 states (Kerala, N, HP, Bihar, Orissa etc)
International: UN FAO, MoH, Bangladesh, GIZ, PATH, USA, Capacity Plus, UiO, Rockefeller Foundation, HMN, others
Starting in Afghanistan, Maldives etc Other entities in the Global HISP network
Strengthening research collaboration
GI group aiming for national centre of excellence high quality global research is the ambition
Norway-India research key to this ambition India largest and long standing research and
development nodes of Global HISP Supporting GLOBVAC initiative Despite this, contribution of Indian doctoral
students weak (5 students over 10 years) Rich and untapped research potential INDNOR collaborations are key
Potential Vehicles for collaboration: NORHED
NORHED is Norwegian Programme for Capacity Building in Higher Education and Research for Development.
Proposed structure: GI Group, IFI - the North partner South partners – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka Enabling research and education
collaboration of informatics and public health institutions
Approach
Creating a consortium of universities in South Asia to establish specializations in public health informatics.
Drawing upon the GI group decade old experience of running Masters programmes in public health informatics in the South.
Partner universities may customize the material to specific university needs creating a common pool of resource material - an open source model of community sharing.
Creating mutual benefits Help develop capacities in these universities
to leverage a network model provide mutual inputs in respective individual programs.
HISP India a vital cog in this network, an empirical site – “learning by doing” plus a beneficiary of short-term in-service programs
Mechanisms of collaboration: Collaborative research projects Faculty exchange Joint seminars, workshops, training
Benefits for states
Short term in-service programme for: Medical Officers, Nurses, District
Administrators, Health Managers, State and National administrators
Possibilities for doctoral studies for some interested staff with requisite qualifications
Concluding remarks
INDNOR represents rich potential for: Research Education In-service training Making a difference in health care
Potential been largely unrealized till date In domain of public health, GI group/HISP
India/collaborative network provides a vehicle to help realize this potential
In India and South Asia